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Lb-shell (LSE:LBP) Cash Ratio : 6.73 (As of May. 2018)


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What is Lb-shell Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Lb-shell's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2018 was 6.73.

Lb-shell has a Cash Ratio of 6.73. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lb-shell's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:LBP's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 0.54
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Lb-shell Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lb-shell's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lb-shell Cash Ratio Chart

Lb-shell Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15
Cash Ratio
0.37 3.16 3.67 5.05 1.65

Lb-shell Semi-Annual Data
Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 May18
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.65 0.87 0.11 3.17 6.73

Competitive Comparison of Lb-shell's Cash Ratio

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Lb-shell's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lb-shell's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Lb-shell's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lb-shell's Cash Ratio falls into.



Lb-shell Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Lb-shell's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Sep. 2015 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=23.6/14.3
=1.65

Lb-shell's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: May. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.303/0.045
=6.73

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Lb-shell  (LSE:LBP) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Lb-shell (LSE:LBP) Business Description

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Address
Holywell Park, Ashby Road, Charnwood Building, Loughborough, Leicestershire, GBR, LE11 3GB
Lb-shell PLC operates through its subsidiary and is engaged in the fuel cell engineering business. It develops proton-exchange membrane hydrogen fuel cells as a clean energy solution for the distributed energy, diesel replacement, automotive and aerial drone markets. Some of the company's products are Fuel cell power for UAVS, Automotive products, and others.

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